The JDBC connection URL: jdbc:hive2:///;serviceDiscoveryMode=zooKeeper;zooKeeperNamespace=hiveserver2 . Hive JDBC standalone jars are used in Hive 0.14.0 onward (HIVE-538); for previous versions of Hive, use HIVE_HOME/build/dist/lib/*.jar instead. hive.server2.auth (this is the HiveServer2 cookie name). Because these cookies are strictly necessary to deliver the website, refuseing them will have impact how our site functions. Additional runtime parameters needed for querying can be provided within the URL as follows, by appending it as a ?